1. In its decision 3 (51) the Committee expressed its alarm over reports of
massacres and other grave human rights violations, including violation of the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2. The Committee discussed the current situation at its 1233rd meeting. It
regretted that the State party had not accepted its invitation to attend and
furnish up-to-date information.

3. The Committee emphasizes the importance of continuing with United Nations
investigations into these reports in order to identify the persons responsible
for violations, particularly those associated with ethnic differences, and to
hold them accountable.

4. The Committee recommends the extension of the mandate of the International
Criminal Tribunal in Arusha to include jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes
against humanity committed during the war in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.

5. The Committee recommends that, as a priority, the Government be assisted
in creating an independent Congolese judiciary.

6. The Committee requests that copies of this decision be transmitted to relevant
United Nations bodies and agencies and to the Organization of African Unity.